Eddie Clarke (footballer)

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Eddie Clarke

Personal information
Full name	Edmond Clarke [1]
Date of birth	(1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Bootle
Youth career
0000–2016	Tranmere Rovers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Tranmere Rovers	16	(0)
2018–2020	Fleetwood Town	2	(0)
2019–2020	→ Macclesfield Town (loan)	6	(0)
2020	→ Stockport County (loan)	4	(0)
2020–2021	Warrington Town	3	(1)
2021	Flint Town United	13	(0)
2021–2023	Warrington Town	18	(2)
2023–	Bootle	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:15, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Edmond Clarke (born 29 December 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a left back for Bootle.

Career

Clarke began his career with Tranmere Rovers. ^[2] In the 2018 National League play-off final at Wembley, Clarke was substituted on for Larnell Cole after only nine minutes; Clarke played the rest of the game as ten-man Tranmere won 2-1 to return to the English Football League. ^[3]

Clarke signed for Fleetwood Town in May 2018. ^[4] On 22 July 2019, Clarke joined League Two side Macclesfield Town on a season-long loan deal. ^[5] On 16 January 2020, Clarke was recalled by Fleetwood and joined National League side Stockport County on loan until the end of the season. ^{[6] [7]}

In October 2020, Fleetwood cancelled Clarke's contract by mutual consent and he subsequently signed a contract for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Warrington Town in November. ^[8] In January 2021 he signed for Cymru Premier side Flint Town United on a short-term deal following the suspension of the Northern Premier League due to COVID-19. ^[9] He returned to sign for Warrington Town for the 2021–22 season. ^[9] Having departed at the end of the 2021–22 season, Clarke remained with the club for injury rehabilitation and following his return to full fitness, re-signed in October 2022. ^[10] Clarke departed the club by mutual consent in January 2023. ^[11] On 4 February 2023, he signed for Bootle. ^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 October 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tranmere Rovers	2016–17 [13]	National League	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2017–18 [13]	National League	15	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	16	0
	Total		16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17	0
Fleetwood Town	2018–19 [14]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	0	5	0
	2019–20 [15]	League One	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
Macclesfield Town (loan)	2019–20 [15]	League Two	6	0	1	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	10	0
Stockport County (loan)	2019–20 [13]	National League	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Warrington Town	2021–22 [16]	NPL Premier Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	2	0
Flint Town United	2020–21 [13]	Cymru Premier	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Warrington Town	2021–22 [17]	NPL Premier Division	15	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Career total			57	0	3	0	1	0	7	0	68	0

1. Appearance in the FA Trophy.
2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy.

References

1. "Notification of shirt numbers" (PDF). English Football League. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
2. Aidan Jones (11 January 2018). "I am learning perfectly at Tranmere right now, says Clarke". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
3. "Wood's hearts broken at Wembley". Boreham Wood Times. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
4. "Eddie Clarke: Fleetwood Town sign Tranmere Rovers left-back". BBC Sport. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
5. "Eddie Clarke: Macclesfield Town sign Fleetwood defender on loan". BBC Sport. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
6. "Clarke Heads Back To Fleetwood Town". www.mtfc.co.uk. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Fleetwood Town full-back Eddie Clarke leaves Macclesfield for Stockport County". www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
8. Gordon, James (4 November 2020). "Two in, two out for Warrington Town". Warrington Worldwide. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
9. Jones, Jordan (4 November 2020). "Flint Town United trio make return to Warrington Town after short stay". Flint Town United FC. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
10. "Eddie Clarke makes Yellows return". www.thenpl.co.uk. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
11. "Yellows release Eddie Clarke". www.warringtownfc.co.uk. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
12. @Bootle_FC (4 February 2023). "➡️ Incoming... 👏 We can confirm the signing of Eddie Clarke..." (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Twitter.
13. Eddie Clarke at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
14. "Games played by Eddie Clarke in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
15. "Games played by Eddie Clarke in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
16. "Warrington Town – Appearances – Edmond Clarke". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
17. "Warrington Town – Appearances – Edmond Clarke". Football Web Pages. Retrieved 8 January 2022.